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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS W. BERGER, OF CANAL WINOHESTER, OHIO.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,440, datedSeptember 21, 1880,

Application filed .my 17,1eso. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Lnwrs WASHINGTON BERGER,of Canal Winchester, in the county of Franklin and State ot' Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Fences, of which the followingis a specilication.

Figure 1 isa perspective view ofthe improve- Fig. 2 is an end elevationof a -panel and its support'ing-lirace. Fig. 3 is a side elevation ot' apart ot' the fence. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view taken through theline .za', Fig. 3.

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The object of this invention is to furnish felices so constructed thatthey can he easily and quickly set up, taken down, and moved from placeto place, and which will allow any desired panel to be removed to open apassa geway without disturbing the other panels.

lhe invention consists in vconstructing a portable fence ot' horizontalboards connected at their ends by pairs ot' upright boards having aV-shaped notch at one end et' each panel, the V-shaped braces attachedat their lower ends to the side edge of sills, the locking-bars, and thepins and Wedges for securing the adjacent ends ofthe panels to eachother, as will be hereinafter fully described.

Each panel is formed oi' four (more or less) horizontal boards, A, asthe desired height ot' the fence may require, connected by uprightboards B, attached to the opposite sides of their ends.

When the panels are more than ten feet indicate correlong` they may bestrengthened by upright the centers of the horizon- V-shaped or angularnotch, O, to receive the upper ends of the bracebars D, which upper endsare secured to each other at an angle, as shown in Fig. 2. rlhe lowerends of the bracebars D are secured in notches in the side edge of thesill E, as shown in Fig. l, so that the adjacent ends of two panels canrest upon the same sill E, as shown in Figs. l and 3. The adjacent endsofthe panels A B are connected by bars F, passed through the spacesbetween the horizontal boards A and the upright boards B, and havingpins G driven through holes in one end, and wedges H driven throughshort slots in iheirother ends, as shown in Figs.

'ot' upright boards, I, is attached to the horizontal boards A of oneot' the panels, at a little distance troni the iirst pair of uprightboards, B, as shown in Figs. l and 3, to form spaces to receive thelocking-bars F, when the said panels meet at an angle.

When the fence is to be set up upon uneven or inclined ground thehorizontal boards A are secured, by one nail at each end, to the uprightVboards B, so that the panel will have loose joints, and the boards Acan be adjusted into an inclined position, while the boards B will stillbe upright and parallel. Thel fence is made permanent by setting posts Jin the ground at or near each end of the fence, and nailing the boards Aof the end panels to the said posts J, as indicated in dotted lines inFig. l.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A portable fence, constructed substantially as herein shown anddescribed, consisting of the horizontal boards A and the pairs ofupright boards B, forming panels, and having V-shaped notches C at oneend of each panel, the V-shaped braces D, the sills E, having notches inone edge, the locking-bars F, and pins G and wedges H, as set forth.

LEWIS WASHINGTON BERGER.

Witnesses:

EDWARD A. PETERS, JOHN GUnnvuNs.

